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When You Became a Toddler

by Matt Cambridge | Jul 11, 2020 | Placeless

You became a toddler during the pandemic.

Could be Louder, Could be Clearer

by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Jul 10, 2020 | Placeless

For years I had found my most vivid and intimate joy through sound.

Jammed

by Gwyneth Findlay | Jul 9, 2020 | Placeless

I did not need thyme. Or brown sugar. Or the lime.

Jesus and John Piper: The Radicalization of a Research Assistant

by Josh Parks | Jul 8, 2020 | Holland, Michigan

For those of us who have never been on the blunt end of sexism (or racism, or ableism, etc.), things can look funny or tragic or intriguingly disgusting when they are actually evil.

Seven Years

by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Jul 7, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, New York

Seven years later, I am now in Grand Rapids again, which is a kind of beautiful, full-circle moment.

Brainrot: Screenwriting as Literature

by Josh deLacy | Jul 6, 2020 | Placeless

For the novel to improve, for ink-and-paper storytelling to stay relevant, for literature to tell today’s stories to today’s audience, it must learn from the work of screenwriters

Nizhoni

by Alex Johnson | Jul 5, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan

The house is, by nature, transient.

An Inheritance of Names, Power, and Fabric

by Comfort Sampong | Jul 4, 2020 | Ghana, Michigan

But now, in the morning as I dress, I am enthralled by all the stories I carry on me and within me.

Creation

by Ansley Kelly | Jul 3, 2020 | Placeless

And yet, even there, in that peaceful place, my brow furrowed with unrest.

Seasonal Attention

by Cotter Koopman | Jul 2, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan

Under the Madison Street bridge, the tree that grows sideways suddenly popped flowers that smelled like corn tortillas.

Place-starved and Home-lonely

by Katerina Parsons | Jul 1, 2020 | Michigan, Washington, D.C.

I am from this place as much as I am from anywhere, and it’s this recognition that helps me know that I can feel this way again.

A Theology of Quitting

by Pete Ford | Jun 30, 2020 | Placeless

Even within the church, it’s easy to feel shame for not “persevering.”

I’m a Minority with White Privilege

by Anna Jeffries | Jun 29, 2020 | Placeless

I feel stuck because I don’t feel like I have a valid voice to address either side of my racial and cultural heritage.

The Top Ten Strategies for Weathering COVID-19

by Jon Gorter | Jun 28, 2020 | Michigan

I don’t often think about my breath.

Liverpool, Champions of England

by Brad Zwiers | Jun 27, 2020 | Placeless

I didn’t expect to experience the amount of joy I felt.

Ten Incredibly Specific, Fake Phobias that I 100% Have

by Annaka Koster | Jun 26, 2020 | Placeless

7. Egochristicolaphobia — The Fear of Being Associated with the Word “Christian”

Ten Astonishing Books by Black Writers

by Katie Van Zanen | Jun 25, 2020 | Placeless

This is not an anti-racist reading list, per se.

Sleep Study

by Leigh Peterson | Jun 24, 2020 | Placeless

It’s a well-known, frequently observed phenomenon that Taylor sleeps more than I do.

My Ten Favorite Picture Books

by Alex Westenbroek | Jun 23, 2020 | Placeless

Since I started working with kids, I’ve also re-discovered a love of picture books.

Ten Anime I Enjoy

by Kyric Koning | Jun 22, 2020 | Placeless

Admit it. You wanted this.

Owned: Top Ten #CreepiestObjects in Museums

by Emily Joy Stroble | Jun 21, 2020 | Placeless

And when we’ve seen, let’s allow the waters to rush in.

What Literature Has Taught Me

by Gabe Gunnink | Jun 20, 2020 | Placeless

Anyone who tells me that The Hunger Games series is just another YA sci-fi romp will quickly find themselves on the receiving end of a literary argument so blistering they’ll think they were just stung by a swarm of tracker jackers.

Juneteenth

by Mary Margaret Healy | Jun 19, 2020 | Placeless

You’ll likely lose any love you ever had for this beast of a man, and with it will go any unconditional respect you have for the establishment of America as a country.

Tweety Birds

by Ben DeVries | Jun 18, 2020 | Placeless

What about this particular tweet and this particular act of terror—over all the other tweets and all the other acts of terror, domestic and international, that routinely dominate our feeds—prompted 2.4 million Twitter users to tap a heart-shaped icon?

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